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[House  Bill,  No.  4.] 

HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES.— January  19,  1863.— Read 
first  and  second  times,  referred  to  Committee  on  Quartermaster  and 
Commissary  Departments,  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 

[By  Mr.  Dargan.] 


_^   BILL 

To  be  entitled  An  Act  to  prohibit  (Quartermasters  and  others  from 

speculating. 

1  Section  1 .   The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do 

2  enact,  That  no  Quartermaster,    Assistant  (Quartermaster,    Com- 

3  missary,  Transportation  Agent  of  the   Government,  or  any  one 

4  connected  with  their  offices  as  agent  or  employees,   or  who  may 
o  be  engaged  in  performing  any  duty  incident  to  the  office  of  Quar- 

6  termaster.  Commissary  or  Transportation  xigent,  shall  be  engaged 

7  in  speculating  or  trading  in  any  article  of  food  or  clothing,  salt, 

8  medicines,  military  stores,  or  any  article  whatever,  necessary  for 

9  the  army,   and   the  prosecution   of  the    war,  whether  specially 
10  named    above   or  not,  on  his   own   account,   or  conjointly  with 


11  another,  or  be  in  any  wise  interested  in  speculatinir  or  trading  in 

12  such  articles. 

1  Sec.  2.  If  any  one  shall  violate  any  provisions  of  the  1st  sec- 

2  tion  of  this  Act,  lie  shall  be  liable  to  indictment,  and  on  convic- 

3  tion,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  thousond   dollars,  and  itn- 

4  prisoned  not  less  than  one  year,   at   the  discretion  of  the   jury 

5  trying  the  cause. 


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